Will Mask Wearing Stick Around Post-COVID?
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July 20, 2021 at 10:00 am
Mask mandates are in place in Victoria and New South Wales as these states continue to see COVID cases in the community. And public health experts have argued face masks will continue to be an important measure in our fight against the virus for some time to come.
However, masks won’t always be compulsory, particularly outside outbreak situations. In most Australian states and territories at present, masks are not mandatory but are recommended in certain settings, such as where physical distancing is difficult.
But moving forward as more people get vaccinated and outbreaks hopefully become fewer and smaller is mask use likely to stick?
There have been suggestions south-west Sydney could be ring-fenced
Authorities have pointed to high Covid transmission in Liverpool, Bankstown
Experts say it s a tough ask without border like the northern beaches peninsula
On Thursday, NSW reported 38 new cases in the previous 24 hours to 8pm
That number is the highest jump in cases the state has seen in a year
Current advice is for south-west locals not to visit other households
Police will crack down on virus-hit areas of south-west Sydney from Friday
More than 100 extra police officers will surge into the area beginning at 7am
Overnight, NSW reported its highest number of daily cases - 38 - in a year
21 were from three council areas: Fairfield, Liverpool, Canterbury-Bankstown
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Indian variant stuns Victorian authorities
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The vaccine strategy must change to recognise the fast growing outbreak of the Indian variant of the COVID-19 virus, said experts who called for âring vaccinationâ to suppress the Melbourne outbreak.
The Indian mutation, known as B.1.617.1 has been genomically identified as the cause of the exploding cluster in Melbourne, with chief health officer Professor Brett Sutton saying the virus was now being passed on from one infected person to around five more.
This is about double the infection rate of the first wave virus from Wuhan.
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The acting Premier James Merlino said the speed of transmission has stunned contact tracers.
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The small archipelago nation of Seychelles, northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, has emerged as the world’s most vaccinated country for COVID-19.
Around 71% of people have had at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, and 62% have been fully vaccinated. Of these, 57% have received the Sinopharm vaccine, and 43% AstraZeneca.
Despite this, there has been a recent surge in cases, with 37% of new active cases and 20% of hospital cases being fully vaccinated. The country has had to reimpose some restrictions.
How can this be happening? There are several possible explanations:
the herd immunity threshold has not been reached 62% vaccination is likely not adequate with the vaccines being used